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With FCC investigation looming, Comcast repeats same old argument
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article published on 14 January, 2008
As they're being investigated for alleged violations of the FCC's 2005 Internet Policy Statement, Comcast appears to be sticking to the same company line that company representatives have used for months, namely that they're not blockingany applications.
According to a statement sent to Ars Technica by Comcast Executive Vice President David L. Cohen "Comcast does not, has not, and will ... [ read the full article ]
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15. January 2008 @ 01:51 |
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Oh yea, Comcast be messed up right in the bum. ^_^
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15. January 2008 @ 04:54 |
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Originally posted by hikaricor:
Oh yea, Comcast be messed up right in the bum. ^_^
Nothing be wrong with that mate..its when napalm and spiked objects get used thigns get..."frisky" aye!
oy vay......teh gay pirate vocie hath spoken..... 0-o
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15. January 2008 @ 07:27 |
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Well I have comcast so I can say that this is very true. Just to show an example, now remember that I put the most optimized well uh options, I was downloading a 13gb file that was legal and had ok seeds. It took me from May 2007 - January 2008. So I think that says something as a friend of mine downloaded it in a week with default setting on his network.
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15. January 2008 @ 08:36 |
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Comcast, on the other hand, has said that they feel their "network management" is within the FCC guidelines.
Since when is "throttling" good network management?
Since when is getting part of what you pay monthly for a "reasonable network practice?"
Since when should any paying customers fall prey to signing up, paying out, and receiving a limited version of the intial service?
Piss off Comcast and your shady network management, which is just a fancy way of saying throttling the customers that made your service so popular.
If i go to Mcdonalds and get a burger and fries, and one of their employees starts taking away my fries because of how i'm eating 'em, you could bet there would be a beat down coming.
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15. January 2008 @ 09:50 |
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A prime example of why American business is deteriorating. All about the buck and not giving a shizzy about the consumer. In my opinion, Comcast (as well as all other companies I pay) WORK FOR ME. I pay them, not the other way around. DO WHAT I SAY or YOU'RE FIRED COMCAST!! That's the way it SHOULD be.
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15. January 2008 @ 09:52 |
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Originally posted by banned2X:
A prime example of why American business is deteriorating. All about the buck and not giving a shizzy about the consumer. In my opinion, Comcast (as well as all other companies I pay) WORK FOR ME. I pay them, not the other way around. DO WHAT I SAY or YOU'RE FIRED COMCAST!! That's the way it SHOULD be.
the trouble is its them or At&T who stipulates their is no privacy. 0-o
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15. January 2008 @ 09:54 |
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Comcast, on the other hand, has said that they feel their "network management" is within the FCC guidelines.
Since when is "throttling" good network management?
Since when is getting part of what you pay monthly for a "reasonable network practice?"
Since when should any paying customers fall prey to signing up, paying out, and receiving a limited version of the intial service?
Piss off Comcast and your shady network management, which is just a fancy way of saying throttling the customers that made your service so popular.
If i go to Mcdonalds and get a burger and fries, and one of their employees starts taking away my fries because of how i'm eating 'em, you could bet there would be a beat down coming.
And this one I could not agree more with. Simply put.......who doesn't encounter this scenario???
**4Mbps down and you get MAYBE 2.5
**6Mbps down and you get MAYBE 3.5 - 4.0
**8Mbps down and you get MAYBE 5.5 - 6.0
It's B.S. and should be stopped instantly. False advertisement and Comcast, of all companies, has merit and needs to be sued.
MMMmmmmmm............anyone remember Fight Club? Let's do that but replace or include Comcast with the CC companies.
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15. January 2008 @ 10:04 |
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I have Comcast and it SUCKS! I am looking for another ISP as I find trouble with downloading legal files over Bittorrent and like others, it is painfully slow. They should be fully investigated on their throttling I read mentioned earlier, what a crock of baloney!
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15. January 2008 @ 12:16 |
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Verizon sucks also. My network is down half the time, especially on weekends and holidays when I need it the most.
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fnixon
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15. January 2008 @ 12:35 |
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I have Comcast and it SUCKS! I am looking for another ISP as I find trouble with downloading legal files over Bittorrent and like others, it is painfully slow. They should be fully investigated on their throttling I read mentioned earlier, what a crock of baloney!
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15. January 2008 @ 13:52 |
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@hikaricor & fnixon
Watch the language - keep it clean.
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15. January 2008 @ 14:10 |
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Originally posted by binkie7:
@hikaricor & fnixon
Watch the language - keep it clean.
hikaricor's first 'F' bomb is understandable but you can't be serious about the word 'sucks'. I mean this stuff is allowed on network television. Please clarify playground rules.
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15. January 2008 @ 15:56 |
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Originally posted by banned2X:
Originally posted by binkie7:
@hikaricor & fnixon
Watch the language - keep it clean.
hikaricor's first 'F' bomb is understandable but you can't be serious about the word 'sucks'. I mean this stuff is allowed on network television. Please clarify playground rules.
I believe she was referring to the use of a word that rhymes with spit and usually has to do with excrement. You know, the one she edited out.
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15. January 2008 @ 16:12 |
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They can die.
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15. January 2008 @ 16:40 |
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Comcast reminds me of the MPAA. Always denying they're the ones that are wrong.
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Sazy
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15. January 2008 @ 18:43 |
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Its just not Comcast that doesn't give the customers what they pay for, its the same with AT&T.
Also, since Comcast blocks P2P Network Connections, games like World of Warcraft would download slow because it does its patches via a special form of Torrenting. Thats my assumption, is it correct?
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15. January 2008 @ 19:50 |
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lol - nope the word wasn't sucks that I edited. 7thsinger gets the gold star :)
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15. January 2008 @ 20:13 |
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From everything I've read, comcast has some seriously unfair practices for its customers. That's plain effed up.
The thing is I've been using comcast for years with no throttling that I can see. Seven years or so ago when I first got it the service would go down a few times every week, but it's probably only went down twice in the past year, and that was when storms took out all cable. The speed went up every time they said it would, and now I get retarded-fast downloads.
If they throttled me, I'd probably want to drop the service but wouldn't be able to. They have a monopoly in this market; no other broadband isp out here.
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16. January 2008 @ 02:25 |
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This is why we need more ISP's in the braodband market. This is what happens when 1 company pretty much monopolizes the whole market. They do what they wanna do, don't care how much you complain, use unfair practices and have crappy customer support! Why?...Because there's no other company to challenge them and suck up their customer base. They know you'll stick with them because there aint no other ISP to go to in your market more than likely. And who the hell want's DSL? So hopefully the FCC or whoever lays down the law..pronto!!
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17. January 2008 @ 16:26 |
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I've experienced throttling and so have several other people in my area (Mid-Atlantic state). It's not right that we are not getting the service we are paying for. If Comcast cannot keep up with the demand of its customers, they have only legitimate two choices - either upgrade their equipment, or rewrite their terms of service, specifying how much bandwidth customers are allowed to use before being cut back, in which case they would have to keep track of each customer's usage and inform him/her when they are approaching their limit.
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19. January 2008 @ 14:09 |
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Having only a couple of options (Money wise) in my area I have to stay with Verizon even though they throttle my connection. Large files that used to DL in about 15 minutes tops now take several hours. I can switch to Hughes net but at over a $100 a month it's a little out of my reach.
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19. January 2008 @ 14:44 |
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Originally posted by NunYoBus:
Having only a couple of options (Money wise) in my area I have to stay with Verizon even though they throttle my connection. Large files that used to DL in about 15 minutes tops now take several hours. I can switch to Hughes net but at over a $100 a month it's a little out of my reach.
Hughes net bombs you to dial up sped after about 400MB in less than 4 hours and you stay on it for abotu 8-10 hours......its a pretty sight seeing a 140$ a month broadband service run dial up speeds (5.oKBbs) 20ish hours a day....trust me when I say huges net is not a option unless you can afford the 200+a month plan.....
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22. January 2008 @ 21:49 |
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My local broadband ISP just got bought out by Comcast. Changes took effect the first of the year. Just experienced "throttling" for the first time 2 days ago. Still happening. Thank god I'm moving next month. Hopefully the choice of ISP will be better. Right now, it's Comcast cable or AT&T DSL.
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14. February 2008 @ 21:59 |
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If comcast has this many issues why dont just users just change their isp because this sounds more like the p2p fight to me everyday.
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15. February 2008 @ 19:40 |
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the way i see it, many users don't change their isp because they can't. i don't have any other worthwhile option out here (too far out for dsl, satellite=not worth it.)
comcast does all right by me, but it's not like i'd have the choice to switch if they didn't.
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